malt extract on offer

Discussion on brewing beer from malt extract, hops, and yeast.
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Fil
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Re: malt extract on offer

Post by Fil » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:50 pm

its not brewing grade extract, i bought quite a few 1lb jars when they ran buy a 2nd for a penny deal on, and used it for a ginger beer, the results were poor when compared to the same recipe made with brewing extract.
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate :(

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Re: malt extract on offer

Post by IPA » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:24 am

Fil wrote:its not brewing grade extract, i bought quite a few 1lb jars when they ran buy a 2nd for a penny deal on, and used it for a ginger beer, the results were poor when compared to the same recipe made with brewing extract.

Not surprising! It says on the label

Contains Wheat, Rye, Barley and Oat [-X
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Re: malt extract on offer

Post by jmc » Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:21 pm

I use it for making starters.
50g made up to 500cc

Always useful to have a jar (or 2) in stock

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